Monica Colucci: Principled Leadership For UTD

Monica Colucci is running for Miami-Dade County Public School (MDCPS) Board - District 8.

Her campaign is based on her accolades as a veteran Miami-Dade County Public School teacher & United Teachers of Dade (UTD) member. 

She has also secured endorsements from extremist groups like Moms For Liberty Miami, which is run by an unlicensed mental health care professional. 

As a 26-year veteran teacher & UTD member, Mrs. Colucci should be well versed in the CODE OF ETHICS for all MDCPS Permanent Personnel.

Back in 2000, Monica Colucci helped create a DOMESTIC FOR PROFIT CORPORATION; Eagles Social Committee, INC. 

The address listed was 8375 S.W. 16 Street (Miami, FL 33155)

YES...The same address as Everglades K-8 Center. 

The same school Mrs. Colucci has spent her teaching career. 

The same school in 2001, where Mrs. Colucci was named Teacher of the Year.

Can we say conflict of interest? MDCPS employees are funded thru taxpayer money. How Mrs. Colucci thought it was appropriate to create a FOR-PROFIT Corporation using a Miami-Dade County Public SCHOOL as The Principal/Mailing address is more than suspicious.

Eagles Social Committee, INC. was created for the purpose of, "Faculty and staff education training & development."

Since when does a teacher have the authority to create a FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, using a Miami-Dade County School (where she is employed) to provide "education training & development" to teachers?!

Not only is this a CODE OF ETHICS violation, but this is very disturbing. 

Personal Advertisements. An employee shall not advertise business or professional activities on school property or use schoolwork hours, property or services to perform or promote personal, not for profit, or commercial enterprises or to campaign or raise money for any candidates for political office.

Did Eagles Social Committee, INC. receive approval from the Miami-Dade County School Board to provide training & material to teachers? 

What training & materials were provided (if ANY) to these "teachers"? 

How much profit did Eagles Social Committee, INC. earn? 

So many lingering questions.

Unfortunately, the years of corruption from MDCPS employees have been covered up & swept away equally by UTD & MDCPS - School Board Members at our children's expense. 

A 26-year educator and teacher at Everglades K-8 Center, she said on her campaign website that she has “seen firsthand the detrimental impact of liberal policies being implemented in local schools throughout the country,” and that the “current school board member has either supported or stood idly by as progressive activists and special interests seek to promote socialist curriculums [sic] and ideologies in our schools.”

Well, Monica are you including the fraudulent FOR-PROFIT Corporation you created at Everglades K-8 Center in that bold statement? 

The candidate also served as the special assistant to the lieutenant governor in the DeSantis administration from February 2019 to August 2020, according to her website. The approach has already garnered support from top Republican officials, too. The future Senate President’s PAC has donated $1,000 to her campaign, records show.

Serving as a special assistant to Lieutenant Governor Janet Nunez sounded like the opportune time to expose the "detrimental impact of liberal policies". 

If Mrs. Collucci was not able to use her knowledge to help advocate for change while working in the DeSantis administration, how can we believe her now? You can not.

Voting for Monica Colucci is just a replacement vote for another special interest representative & a UTD teacher. Our children deserve better.

Karen Baez-Wallis: For Miami-Dade County Commissioner District 8

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU1991), represents 5,000 healthcare workers in Jackson Memorial Hospital including Karen Baez-Wallis.

Mrs. Baez-Wallis, a Registered Nurse with more than 25 years of dedicated healthcare experience is running for the District 8 Commission seat. 

Lawyers, real estate agents, & career politicians have always held seats as Miami-Dade County Commissioners, but never a public servant like Karen Baez-Wallis.

During the COIVD vaccine rollout, SEIU’s YouTube page ran a promotional video, “Give It A Shot - Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins”. 

This was released on February 23, 2021.

Instead of SEIU using a healthcare professional such as Karen Baez-Willis, a Jackson Health System employee/SEIU member who actually cared for COVID patients. Oddly this Union representing our most dedicated healthcare workers choose to team up with Danielle Cohen-Higgins, an attorney to advocate for the COVID vaccine.

On June 24, 2022, SEIU released its “Florida 2022 Endorsement Roll Out”. At no surprise, SEIU decided to endorse Mrs. Cohen-Higgins, the currently appointed District 8 Commissioner.

“In May 2019, Cohen Higgins filed to run for Levine Cava’s seat in anticipation of a potential Special Election for the seat. But after Levine Cava’s Nov. 3 victory, the Miami-Dade County Commission opted to appoint a replacement in District 8, citing the $1 million-plus cost for a Special Election.”

Danielle Cohen-Higgins is an attorney with extensive experience in complex commercial litigation. 

“She began her legal career at one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious law firms, Greenberg Traurig, where she gained extensive experience in complex commercial civil litigation.”  

Not surprisingly, an ethics complaint was brought up in March 2022 about resolution 88-21 a construction project that Mrs. Higgins-Cohen has strongly advocated for since being appointed to her Commissioner seat. 

Mrs. Cohen-Higgins also secured an endorsement from Ruth's List, the only organization in the state of Florida to provide free structural support to pro-choice Democratic women candidates.

Ruth's List is the same organization that welcomed Mrs. Cohen-Higgins in 2018 to its executive committee.

Mrs. Cohen-Higgins has made the most of her time as District 8 Commissioner by securing her status as Crypto-Queen.

"Commissioner Cohen Higgins will present a plan on January 20, 2021, before the Board of County Commissioners urging our County Mayor Daniella Levine-Cava to spearhead measures on both the local and state level to attract headquarter relocation. In partnership with the Board of County Commissioners and the Mayor, she seeks to create an economic development plan to attract the technology industry from Silicon Valley to relocate its headquarters to Miami-Dade County."

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Unlike Danielle Cohen-Higgins, Karen Baez-Wallis serves no special interest, group, organization, or person. Mrs. Baez-Wallis has dedicated her life to saving lives & bettering our community. 

"As a mother, wife, nurse, resident, and active member of our community for over a decade, Karen Baez-Wallis is uniquely qualified to serve as our next Miami-Dade County Commissioner."

When it comes to being a strong advocate Mrs. Cohen-Higgins unquestionably is, but for who? Take a listen.....Her responses are telling.

“lawyers are PRIVATE ADVOCATES”

She has served her community by “HOSTING FUNDRAISERS”.

 

Yes, because fundraising to elect politicians is now the new community service status quo.

After 19 months of CAMPAIGNING SHE WAS APPOINTED!

 

Now more than ever is a pivotal time where the residents will finally be allowed to decide who is best to represent the constituents of District 8.

Residents of District 8 go out & VOTE on August 23, 2022!